The man, Stephen Bryan of the Pinegrove community in Baldwin County, was taken to the North Baldwin Infirmary Hospital in Bay Minette after the shooting.

Officers had been on the lookout for Bryan after a neighbor called about a domestic incident on Saturday, saying that Bryan had taken a shotgun into a tool shed at the rear of his residence and appeared to be barricading himself inside, but Bryan left the scene before deputies arrived.

According to a statement from the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, Bryan’s wife said her husband "had made several statements that lead her to believe he was suicidal."

During the traffic stop, Bryan did not comply with the officers' request and reached into his truck for a shotgun, at which point the officers opened fire, according to the statement. Bryan underwent surgery, the Sheriff's Office news release said, but information on his condition was not available.